Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-24
1 BLOODY field.
Negro Strikers and Agitators in
Louisiana are Fired Into by the
Local Military Company,
The Dead Estimated All The Wsy
From Twelve 10 Fifty-A Qaieius
so the Strike.
The Rioters Admit the FIRST Shot Game
From Their sids-The Strikers are
Ordered 10 Leave Ihc Piece.
A REMINDER OF WAR rIMEs.


Special 10 the Gazette.
New ORLEANS, LA, Nov. 23.-The
strike in the sugar district Of Louisiana
has again become tragic and resulted in
ne loss Of dozen lives. For week
past, ever since the withdrawal of the mi
Etia, the situation has been growing
more critical in LsFourche parish. a
large number of the strikers still re-
NAMED out. Most OF them crowded in
the parish seat OF Thibodeaux. Those in
the rural districts proWled around st
night, firing at the hands at work in the
sugar houses or e horsemen on the
public highway, killing one and at
different times Uouuding seven.
The condition Of affairs finally became SO
iutolerable that By Sunday morning 500
armed white mea rode into Thibodeaux
and
HELD MASS MEETING,
over which the Lieutenant Governor of
the state presided, denounced the. VIC
lerCe that had occurred and appointed
committee On peace and order, with
Taylor Beattie, lste r publican candidate
for Governor, as chairman, and organized
force to patrol and guard INC town and
It's neighbHrhOod at night. n gotiatiOns
were directly opened with the negro
strikers and 81 advance of We ges granted,
and the af4ir WAS regarded as settled. On
Tuesday night, however, negro by the
name OF William Watson Was killed, and
another, Morris Page, wounded by O.
white msn. The affair, which vas unjust
tfiable, excited the more violent Of the
strikers, and despite the fact that it was
In tp6 nd X hrr4
RESULTED IN AN ATTACK
about daylight this morning upon the city
patrol or picket, resulting in the wound
ing Of Louis Molaison and Henry Gorham.
Doth Whites-G1rhsm being shot through
The head and Molaison in the knees. The
mep, who were seated around
= bo5fre, were fred on by
parties concealed in the caue.
Osher members ofsthe city gusrds, who
came 20 their assistance, were also fred
on from ambush, but none were wounded.
The firing, which was quite brisk. aroused
the white citizens OF ThibodeaU1. As
soon as the news Wss generally known
that
SHOTS HAD BEEN EXCHANGED
with the strikers the white citizens, some
$50 in number, who had participated in
the former meeting, aud had pledged
themselves 10 preserve order, armed
themselves, and headed by the Knobler
Gusrds, local organization, marched to
G large building in the rear Of town, the
headquarters of the strikers, and crowded
with negroes. The latter were ordered
to disperse instantly, and refusing, Skin
mlsh ensued, in which the negroes were
badly w0rsted. They finally fed in all
directions, leaving six men dead en- the
field. The shooting was general through
out the town wherever the strikers con-
gregated. The negroes
FLED TO THE WOODS,
while most of those who zemained in the
town deemed ii advisable to shut them
selves up in their houses. After the
skirmish was ever the white citizens met
and passed resolutions warning ell agi-
tst0Ts and strikers, irrespective of
color, to leave Thibodeaux. This
notice wss served On many of
them ct their houses and q number of
them, both white and colored, took the
evening train for New Orleans, some
c8Tryil their wives and families with
them. They seem to be very much
but admit that
THE FIRST SHOTS
came from the negroes.
1t IS dlHcult to estimate the number Of
killed and wounded, which is put at from
twelve to fifty. So far the bodies OF
twelve persons have been found, all of
them negroes. The white citizens are
still under arms and the streets patrolled,
but there seems TO be no probability of
any further disturbance, as the leaders of
the strike have come to Nav Orleans and
the others have scattered from Thibo-
deaux.
TWENTY-FIVE NEGROES KILLED.
NEW ORLEANS, LA Nov. 23.-Striking
sugar hands ct Thibodeaux, La, about 8
O'Clock this morning fred upon white
Dickets who were guarding the place.
The whites returned the fire, and {: brisk
battle ensued, in which twenty five ne
groes are ssid 10 have been killed and two
whites wounded.